{"id":23142,"date":"2024-01-19T09:39:38","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T04:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=23142"},"modified":"2024-01-19T09:39:38","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T04:39:38","slug":"iran-not-well-liked-in-region-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/latest-news\/iran-not-well-liked-in-region-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran not \u2018well-liked\u2019 in region: Biden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to a White House spokesperson, Iran&#8217;s destabilizing actions in the area are demonstrated by its strike on Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>US President Joe Biden chastised Iran for striking Pakistan, claiming that the warring nations&#8217; actions demonstrated Tehran&#8217;s lack of popularity in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Two days after Tehran breached Pakistan&#8217;s sovereignty by striking in Balochistan, inflicting injuries and killing two children, Pakistan retaliated by attacking terrorists&#8217; hideouts inside Iran on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Pakistan Army claimed in a statement that the &#8220;Marg Bar Sarmachar&#8221; intelligence-based operation has effectively targeted the terrorist organizations&#8217; hideouts, such as the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF).<\/p>\n<p>Killer drones, rockets, loitering munitions, and stand-off weapons were used in the precision strikes. The greatest precautions were taken to prevent collateral damage, it stated.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the fighting, Biden stated: &#8220;As you can see, Iran is not very popular in the region, and we&#8217;re working on that right now. Where that goes, I have no idea.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Because Iran has been arming Houthi rebels in Yemen who have been conducting attacks against commercial shipping in the Red Sea, the United States and Iran have been engaged in a war of wills.<\/p>\n<p>As Biden took off for North Carolina on Air Force One, White House national security secretary John Kirby informed reporters that Washington was keeping a careful eye on the conflicts between Iran and Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We wish to prevent a definite escalation in South and Central Asia. Additionally, we communicate with our counterparts in Pakistan &#8220;Kirby stated.<\/p>\n<p>Kirby stated that Iran&#8217;s destabilizing actions in the area were exemplified by the strike on Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/china-pledges-to-ease-tensions-between-pakistan-and-iran-by-playing-a-constructive-role.html\">China pledges to ease tensions between Pakistan and Iran by playing a &amp;#8220;constructive role.&amp;#8221;<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Following a trade of airstrikes on each other&#8217;s territory, Iran and Pakistan, separately, alarmed UN chief Antonio Guterres.<\/p>\n<p>UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres&#8217; spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, stated, &#8220;The Secretary-General is deeply concerned about the recent exchange of military strikes between Iran and Pakistan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He urges both countries to exercise maximum restraint to avoid a further escalation of tensions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As a &#8220;series of highly coordinated and specifically targeted precision military strikes against terrorist hideouts&#8221; in Sistan-Baluchistan, the raids on Thursday were termed as such by Pakistan&#8217;s foreign minister.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/amid-growing-tensions-with-iran-prime-minister-kakar-will-shorten-his-visit-in-davos.html\">Amid growing tensions with Iran, Prime Minister Kakar will shorten his visit in Davos<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>According to IRNA, which cited the province&#8217;s deputy governor, Alireza Marhamati, three drones destroyed four houses in a village close to Saravan at around 4:30 in the morning (0100 GMT).<\/p>\n<p>According to Marhamati, investigations were underway to find out why the Pakistanis who died were in the Iranian village.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a White House spokesperson, Iran&#8217;s destabilizing actions in the area are demonstrated by its strike on Pakistan. US President Joe Biden chastised Iran for striking Pakistan, claiming that the warring nations&#8217; actions demonstrated Tehran&#8217;s lack of popularity in the area. Two days after Tehran breached Pakistan&#8217;s sovereignty by striking in Balochistan, inflicting injuries [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":23143,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,21,2,3],"tags":[4811,396,10800,138],"class_list":["post-23142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-news","category-pakistan","category-world","tag-biden","tag-iran","tag-missile-attack","tag-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}